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The emergence of a scientific culture : science and the shaping of modernity, 1210-1685 / Stephen Gaukroger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaukroger, Stephen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Europe--History.
- Science.
- Religion and science.
- History.
- Philosophy and science.
- Europe.
- Philosophy and science--Europe--History.
- Religion and science--Europe--History.
- Science and civilization.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 563 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- Why did science emerge in the West and how did scientific values come to be regarded as the yardstick for all other forms of knowledge? Stephen Gaukroger shows that science was bitterly contested during the early modern period. It did not distance itself from religion but rather entered into an alliance with it to provide a comprehensive picture of the world--transforming not just science but also religion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [510]-550) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0199296448
- 9780199296446
- OCLC:
- 71238474
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